December, 2015

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2015 Wrap-Up: The Biggest HR & Recruiting Stories of the Year

Leoforce

2015 has been quite a year. The U.S. Women’s National Team won hearts across America as they brought home the World Cup trophy, tween hearts everywhere were broken as Zayn Malik parted ways with the hugely popular boy band One Direction, and many hearts were finally allowed to join together as the U.S Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage. The list of monumental events could go on and on.

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Why I Started Proactive Talent Strategies, LLC

Proactive Talent

The talent landscape has evolved and we're on a mission to help companies evolve with it. I started Proactive Talent Strategies, LLC after years of building modern recruiting strategies and programs due to the fact that the recruiting industry is being completely disrupted by new technologies -- and it's having a hard time catching up! It's also becoming very apparent that HR and Talent Acquisition have been slow to keep up with the changing expectations of candidates in the hiring process, a lo

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How To Make A Holiday Video In One Week

ExactHire Recruiting

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! For many, December is the month to buy and give gifts–and maybe even receive some too. That, of course, is not the reason for the season, but it has become a tradition that spans cultures and faith backgrounds. Another tradition is the holiday card. These come in a variety of styles… Holiday Card Styles Previous Next The Majestic The Peaceful The Family The Pets The Funny Bringing It All Together New Approaches And now, increasingly, holiday “

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10 Savage tactics to double profits in 2016

Greg Savage

This is no time for ‘business as usual’ if you want to grow profits, fast. That’s why the new Owner and Manager ‘Savage Growth Accelerator’ Master Class is no ‘normal’ seminar. It gives you a unique ‘action plan’ for growth in disrupted times. And you will leave it with a prioritised ‘Growth Dashboard’ to drive […].

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Balancing Cost and Care: 3 Key Considerations for Cost Optimization in 2024

Discover essential strategies for employers to balance cost optimization with care. The top priorities for employers in 2024 are retaining talent, growing revenue and sales, and attracting talent. To achieve these goals, employers are turning towards comprehensive total rewards strategies informed by data-driven insights. Hear from industry experts on cost optimization strategies and how to leverage these approaches for a healthier workforce.

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Tip Sheet: Hiring for Startups

Lever

Growing a team from scratch can feel like a black hole. To shed some light on the process, we spoke with successful founders and talent leaders for their advice on everything from how to grow, to interviewing tactics and mistakes to avoid.

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Who Are You Losing in Your Pre-Screening Process?

HarQen

The Princess Bride came out when I was two years old, and last week, the week before I turned 30 my colleagues forced me to watch it. Fezzik, the under-appreciated giant, played by Andre the Giant was by far my favorite character. He was integral to the success of the team, but wouldn’t really stand [.]. The post Who Are You Losing in Your Pre-Screening Process?

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What Kind of Recruiter Are You? (QUIZ)

Arya Recruiting Robotics

Ever wondered what your recruiter personality type is? Now you can find out. 1. What does your desk look like? A. Cluttered with technology: your tablet, work cell phone and personal cell phone are easily accessible, and at least two computer monitors are up and running. There are also a few coffee mugs and pendants emblazoned with your alma mater’s logo.

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Farewell to a Tumultuous Year in Recruitment

The Whiteboard

There’s something of the “last day at school” vibe in the air today. Even though there are still, officially, four days of work next week, there’s a fair number of recruiters I’ve spoken to who are hanging up their sourcing gloves for the season today. As is usually the case at this time of year, there’s a mixture of muted satisfaction at another year in recruitment done, coupled with an ever-encroaching feeling of heavy-lidded exhaustion creeping into the u

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Introducing TAtech, and the Transition of the ‘Recruitment Industry’

Recruitics

Members of the recruitment industry may have noticed a recent change from IAEWS. The International Association of Employment Web Sites has gone under a major rebranding, repositioning itself as TAtech: The Association for Talent Acquisition Solutions. We recently sat down with the CEO of IAEWS/TAtech Peter Weddle, to discuss the rebrand, what facilitated it, it’s importance and how the organization will operate moving forward.

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Discover the 4 Big Recruitment Challenges for 2024

It’s no secret that today’s hiring market is tough! The constant changes can make it seem impossible for HR leaders, hiring teams, and hiring managers to remain flexible and agile. However, there’s a silver lining amongst all the hiring chaos, as these changes also bring great opportunities and fresh ways for HR leaders to gain that competitive edge in the race for top talent.

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“Culture Fit” isn’t a bad word: 3 tips to hire for it

Lever

The importance of startup culture is the talk of the Valley. You can have the most impressive founders or “disruptive” idea, but it won’t amount to much without deliberately investing in an engaging culture that attracts top talent and makes them want to stay. Whether you’re a founder, an engineer, a salesperson, or any other employee in a startup, being a steward of the culture is absolutely part of your job.

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THIS IS WHY THE CANDIDATE EXPERIENCE MATTERS

Hoops

If you’re responsible for filling open positions, your top priority is finding the best fit for the job, period. The actual experience candidates have working their way through your pipeline may not seem as important as just getting them through it, but believe it or not, it matters. There are plenty of articles that talk about how terrible it is for job hunters who feel ignored and ways to improve the relationship between recruiters and job hunters, but why bother?

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Suds, Staffing and Life: Jason Voorhees And Recruiting

HarQen

Sam read an interesting article that Jennifer Wood wrote for Esquire about the movie franchise Friday the 13th. What really stuck out to him was that before becoming a wildly successful movie franchise Friday the 13th, started out only as a movie poster. The Takeaway Before writing a script or filming anything, Sean Cunningham thought, “what would [.].

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Paycor + Newton a New Beginning

Newton Software

We are thrilled to announce that Newton has been acquired by Paycor, a leading provider of workforce management software and payroll services! We founded Newton in 2009 with a mission to build ATS software that we’d want to use, to sell it how we’d want to buy it and to provide the customer experiences that we’d expect as users. In 6 years, Newton was able to grow 17,000%, ship over 40 major updates, become the first mobile applicant tracking system, and be recognized as one of the fastest growi

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The Complete People Management Toolkit

From welcoming new team members to tough termination decisions, each employment lifecycle phase requires a balance of knowledge, empathy & legal diligence.

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Christchurch Recruiters Proving Agencies Can Actually Collaborate

The Whiteboard

Today is the Rice Consulting Christmas party and we have an early start out in Woodhill Forest. Seeing as our South Island Business Manager Mary Batchelar is up visiting Auckland for the occasion I thought she should take over the Whiteboard marker pen this week and share a post of her own with more of a Christchurch flavour. So, with no further ado, I give you “The Batch”… ^JR.

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4 Key Global Recruiting Trends to Watch in 2016 (Infographic)

Social Talent

The fifth edition of the LinkedIn Global Recruiting Trends report surveyed over 4,000 talent acquisition professionals from 40 countries, in order to get a handle on their top priorities, the potential challenges they’ll face and opportunities they see arising in 2016. T his year’s results showed a key theme emerging for recruitment next year: the power of relationships.

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Why Relationships Rule in Recruiting, Now More Than Ever

Lever

As Vince Lombardi is my witness, I love recruiting. Like most people you meet in the recruiting and HR world, I fell into it. While I never pictured a "career" in talent acquisition, I have always been fascinated with people and the human element of business, so I chose a path that led me in that direction.

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Hiring Great Is A Team Sport

Hoops

When it comes to filling open positions, the relationship between hiring managers and HR is equal parts exhilaration and exasperation. Hiring managers want the best people available and they want them identified, screened, interviewed and hired yesterday. Meanwhile, HR is hard at work posting the position, sorting through resumes, and setting up interviews.

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From Awareness to Action: An HR Guide to Making Accessibility Accessible

Speaker: Danielle Johnson - Director of HR, Compliance & DEI in AI tech at Impact Observatory

Making accessibility accessible for organizations of all sizes may seem complex, but it doesn’t have to be. Prepare to broaden your understanding of Disability, Cultural Competency, and Inclusion with this insightful webinar. We’ll explore disability as a vibrant culture, understand the nuances of reasonable accommodations under the ADA, and navigate the complexities of undue hardship while challenging the status quo of accessibility practices.

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Suds, Staffing and Life: How do you Handle Trends?

HarQen

In 2004 Metallica released the documentary Some Kind of Monster, which followed them as they recorded their St. Anger album. The documentary captures an argument the group had about guitar solos and whether they should follow the trends and not have them, or stick to what helped make them famous. Last week on Suds, Staffing and [.]. The post Suds, Staffing and Life: How do you Handle Trends?

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Recruiting Hack: Get Into the Minds of Your Candidates

Newton Software

There are secret tactics that can directly influence candidates and the way they view employers. We’re going to reveal them in this week’s recruiting hack. Read on to learn more about specific techniques you can apply throughout the recruiting process, tapping into the decision making regions of candidates’ minds to secure the best applicants. APPEAL TO CANDIDATES’ INNER-NARCISSIST.

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How Employers Can Bridge the Communication Gap With Veterans

Entrepreneur

Military service imbues people with the values employers prize but getting vets to talk about themselves is often a challenge.

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31 must follow blogs for tech recruiters in 2016

Devskiller

Recruiting tech talents is a tough job. Times when posting a job ad on job site and waiting for candidates to send resume are gone for good. To recruit in IT field you need to adapt to new methods of recruiting and constantly try them out, to see what combination works and brings you the most and best candidates. In order for you to stay up to date with trends in tech recruiting market we gathered Top 31 blogs that will help you find and recruit best programmers.

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Get a Look Inside The Ultimate Recruiter Planning Kit

As recruiting teams work harder than ever to find, hire, and onboard qualified candidates in this highly competitive market, it’s essential to find ways to optimize your recruiting function. The Ultimate Recruiter Planning Kit includes eight worksheets filled with labor market insights, actionable recruiting strategies, and worksheets to plan your strategy for hiring top talent.

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Eliminate Gender Bias from Your Recruitment Process [Infographic]

Lever

Having a diverse workforce isn’t just the right thing to do, it’s good for your bottom line. Many studies, for example, link high female representation with overall success. Take a recent UC Davis study , which found that companies with a high percentage of female executives and board members have a 74% higher return on assets and return on equity than average.

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Hiring Great Is A Team Sport

Hoops

When it comes to filling open positions, the relationship between hiring managers and HR is equal parts exhilaration and exasperation. Hiring managers want the best people available and they want them identified, screened, interviewed and hired yesterday. Meanwhile, HR is hard at work posting the position, sorting through resumes, and setting up interviews.

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The Correlation Between Benefits and Employee Retention

iCIMS

Organizations need to recognize the correlation between benefits and employee retention and do everything they can to hold on to their top performers!

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Does Your ATS Software Integrate With Pre-Hire Assessments?

Newton Software

Predict how well applicants will fit the job BEFORE the interview. As great as it would be to hire and retain the perfect candidate 100% of the time, the reality is that not everyone is a fit for the position or the company. Studies have shown that résumés and job applications, which are the most used candidate screening tools, have very little predictability on whether or not a candidate will succeed in a given position.

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The 4 Dysfunctions of Recruiting & How You Can Successfully Overcome Them

Speaker: Trent Cotton, VP of Talent and Culture at Hatchworks

Are you tired of falling into the same recruiting rut, facing the same obstacles over and over with mediocre results? Recruiting in this market is definitely challenging, but your recruitment process doesn’t have to be. Join Trent Cotton in this exclusive webinar to learn how to overcome the four dysfunctions of recruiting with Sprint Recruiting. Sprint Recruiting opens up a new world for recruiters by applying the AGILE methodology to the recruitment process!

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OK, So You're Not Google. You Can Still Compete With It for Top Talent.

Entrepreneur

You might not be able to pay as much as the big guys, but there are ways to acquire and keep the best candidates out there for your startup.

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Meet the World’s Most Successful Recruiters

Social Talent

In December 2014, LinkedIn released their list of the 100 Most In-Demand Employers of the year. The list was based on over 35 billion interactions between companies and members on LinkedIn. Companies were ranked based on LinkedIn member awareness of a company (e.g. how many people have viewed your employees’ profiles within the past year) and engagement on LinkedIn (e.g. how many members have followed a company’s Company or Career Page within the past year).

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6 Things You MUST Do in a Kickoff Meeting with Your Hiring Manager

Lever

The quality of a recruiter’s relationships with the hiring managers they work with makes a world of difference.

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